Sat Dec 27, 2014, 09:34 AMhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/10026009233
Star Member kpete (44,754 posts)
Q: Is it true that George W. Bush took more vacation days than Barack Obama? A: Yes.
Q: Is it true that George W. Bush took more vacation days than Barack Obama?
A: Yes. Before his two-week trip to Martha’s Vineyard in August, Obama’s count was 125 full or partial days and Bush’s total at the same point in his presidency was 407.
That's 13 months the White House press corps spent away from home attending to George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency. 13 months away from their kids, most of it spent in that hellhole at Crawford Texas.
And that's not all:
We last dealt with the who-took-more-vacation question in January 2010, at which point Obama had spent 26 days on “vacation†during his first year in office, fewer than the first year totals for Presidents Bush, George H.W. Bush or Ronald Reagan...
Bush’s total for his two terms in office is 533 days, which includes 490 at the ranch and the rest at Kennebunkport. For comparison’s sake, President Bill Clinton’s total is 174 days, and Reagan hit 390 (349 at his ranch and 41 in Palm Springs), according to Knoller.
Adding in Camp David visits would bring Obama’s total to date to 223 (that’s 83 days at Camp David) and Bush’s total for his entire time in office to 1,024 (491 days at the presidential retreat). Note that Obama still has more than two years in office to narrow the gap.
That's nearly 3 years the press corps spent with Bush on vacation during the 8 years of the Bush administration
MORE:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/whos-real-scrooge-here.html
King Putmos wastes taxpayer money flying himself, the family, and his entourage
Considering how much work he doesn't do and how much pressure he isn't under from the so-called White House press corps, being in DC IS vacation time for Obama.I'm with you. Just because he's in the house does not mean he's on the job.
despite the fact that he owns a house in ChicagoI thought he sold that house during his first term. Did he buy another one?
I thought he sold that house during his first term. Did he buy another one?
Just because he's in the house does not mean he's on the job.
They all owned homes (or estates) which served as the second White House for the sitting president. Even the socialist-loving FDR owned his retreat home. Ike used the general officers' quarters at Lowry AFB as his Little White House. Truman used the US Naval Station at Key West.
King Putmos wastes taxpayer money flying himself, the family, and his entourage all the way to Hawaii, despite the fact that he owns a house in Chicago. We (the taxpayers) pay for full protection on that unused house 365 days a year; the loneliest person in Chicago has to be the greeter at Castle Obama.
Considering how much work he doesn't do and how much pressure he isn't under from the so-called White House press corps, being in DC IS vacation time for Obama.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026009233
So President Bush spent 533 days away from the White House at either his own house or his mom and dad's house?
The grifting POS used car salesman is always jet setting off to Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard and posh golf country clubs, but working from home or making an occasional visit to see your elderly parents is a bad thing?
How long is the left going to keep on defending this worthless POS?
Although a cut and paste with barely a dozen replies isn't much of a defense.